From ae4d8f19d3f45b1c1a07ece5a7d91dd95534e2c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Michael I. Bushnell" Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 01:41:13 +0000 Subject: (CRASH SERVER): --- release/INSTALL-binary | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) (limited to 'release/INSTALL-binary') diff --git a/release/INSTALL-binary b/release/INSTALL-binary index 8a81e3ce..3cb1b8f4 100644 --- a/release/INSTALL-binary +++ b/release/INSTALL-binary @@ -292,3 +292,22 @@ option to settrans thus: `settrans -a /mnt /hurd/ufs /dev/rsd0a'. (Note the placement of this option, as an arg to settrans, is different from the -r options you might give to the filesystem.) `showtrans' does not display these temporary mounts. + + +CRASH SERVER: + +When programs get fatal signals in the Hurd, they call the "crash +server". Right now, the crash server suspends the program, and the +rest of its process group. + +At that point, if you resume the program, it will exit. But you can +also attach a debugger to it, and all it's current dynamic state will +still be there. + +If you would rather have crashing programs just exit, and not suspend, +then disable the crash server by saying `settrans /servers/crash'. +You can always reenable it later, if you like, by typing the command +`settrans /servers/crash /hurd/crash'. + +Core dumps are not yet supported. + -- cgit v1.2.3